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Food Artisans: Charlito's Cocina
A different New York artisan every week.
Charles Wekselbaum got into charcuterie at first because, he says, he was "fascinated by how a piece of meat—something so prone to spoilage—does the opposite of spoiling with proper control and salt." After making chorizo in his kitchen and realizing that he wanted to learn more than he could teach himself, Wekselbaum went to Spain to spend time with an older cousin. "He's a very, how do I say this, rustic kind of guy," Wekselbaum explains, "He makes his own olives, cures his own hams. We did the whole thing old school-style."
Back in the States and ready to start production for his new company, Charlito's Cocina, Wekselbaum started looking around for rental space. But owing to the USDA's extremely strict licensing guidelines for shelf-stable, non-heat treated, ready-to-eat meat products, he couldn't find anywhere in New York that was suitably certified and willing to take him on.
The solution was to work at an Italian butcher shop whose owners he already knew, who Wekselbaum says told him, here's a key and an apron, do whatever you want. The only drawback: they're in St. Louis.
While he readily admits that there are "geographical and logistical challenges" to being based several states away from his production space, Wekselbaum points out that his Iowa meat supplier is only five hours away, which saves time and money on shipping. "They're a coop of 25 Berkshire farmers, all raised on pasture," he says, "I couldn't find similar infrastructure on the East Coast without it being cost prohibitive," particularly since the nature of the process means that he loses 50% by weight of all the meat he cures.
So he goes to St. Louis once a month to package what he processed on his last trip and put up another batch, then brings everything to New York to distribute and sell at markets, including Smorgasburg. "We've been able to make a slightly unconventional situation work," he says.
He's currently producing three different cured products: the country sausage, which is made just with the pork and a "hand-harvested fleur de sel from Guatemala," Wekselbaum says, "which has a complex flavor profile and a real personality of it own. It's two special ingredients with no other spices. It shows what really excellent fundamental ingredients can do when left to shine."
The trufa seca is the same salt and meat, but with the addition of black truffles from Italy. "No oil or essence," Wekselbaum promises, "Just the real thing." He says he gets the occasional comment that the sausage is "too truffly, but if you're going to make something with truffles, it should taste like truffles."
He developed his chorizo to "pay some sort of respect to the region in Spain that inspired it," he says, explaining that he decided on the combination of mild, rich paprika, garlic, and salt and meat because he finds "a lot of chorizos to be very busy. I wanted to do something minimalist while still being chorizo."
Charlito's also offers a vegan fig "salami," which is made with Black Mission figs, red wine (generally a Malbec), and Baker's bourbon. "It fits in well in our product line," Wekselbaum says, "It's shelf stable and gets better with time."
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A compression fracture is a type of fracture, or broken bone that affects your vertebrae, the bones in your back. Compression fractures can cause these bones to collapse, making them shorter in height. Often, the front side of the vertebra loses height, but the rear side doesn't. As a result these fractures can cause your posture to stoop forward over time.
Facts about disease
Osteoporosis is a condition in which your bones become less dense and you lose bone. This condition causes bones to break easily, and is a common cause of compression fractures. Other causes include injuries or tumors in the bone.
Compression fractures affect many women after menopause and become more and more common in women as they get older. They're also a major problem in older men.
When these fractures first start developing, they may not cause symptoms. A doctor may discover them on an X-ray that you had done for other reasons. Later symptoms may include:
Slowly worsening back pain — lying on your back may relieve the pain and standing may make it worse
A decrease in your height
A stooped-over posture
In some cases, numbness or tingling, weak muscles, problems walking, and possible trouble controlling your bowels or bladder because of nerve damage
If the fracture happens rapidly, you may feel sudden, severe back pain.
Your doctor may start to make a diagnosis by doing a physical examination. He or she will check to see if your upper spine is hunched forward and may also want to make images of your vertebrae using X-rays or CT or MRI scans. If your doctor specifically suspects osteoporosis, he or she may also order a special type of X-ray called a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry or bone density scan. These tests are especially important if a tumor or injury could be the cause of the fracture.
If your fractures are related to osteoporosis, your doctor may suggest that you treat this condition. You may need to take medicine and calcium and vitamin D supplements for osteoporosis.
Other types of treatment include:
Pain medicine to relieve your back pain
Resting in bed as your doctor tells you
Wearing a back brace
Physical therapy to help you move better and strengthen the area around your spine
Different types of surgery are available and may be needed if other treatments aren't reducing your back pain. For instance, a surgeon can inject special cement into your bone through a needle, a procedure called a vertebroplasty. The surgeon may first inflate a small balloon through the needle to help make the vertebra taller, and then fill in the empty space with cement, this procedure is called a kyphoplasty.
If a tumor is causing your symptoms, you may need surgery to remove some of the bone and treat the tumor. If an injury has caused the fracture, you may need surgery to repair the bone and join vertebrae together, a procedure called fusion.
Preventing osteoporosis, or treating it if you have it, can help prevent future fractures. Steps to address osteoporosis include regular exercise, vitamin D and calcium, stopping smoking, and taking bone-strengthening medicine, such as bisphosphonates. In addition, avoiding smoking can help reduce your risk for bone loss and many types of cancer, which can spread to your bones.

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Helicon Filter is a complete image editing solution for the digital photographer. Its easy and intuitive interface, live preview feature, and in context help ensure an easy start for beginners. The program is built as step by step workflow guiding you through all post processing stages. Helicon Filter is also full of advanced features which attract professional photographers.
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Erectile dysfunction drug can have side effect of deafness
Q: I used Cialis several years ago for erectile dysfunction. After using it twice, I lost all the hearing in one ear. I really wonder if the benefits are worth the loss of hearing.
What other medications are available for the prostate? (Flomax does me very little good.) I would love to sleep through the night without having to get up and urinate so many times.
A: We are so sorry to learn about your hearing loss. The official prescribing information for Cialis (and other ED drugs) states that "Physicians should advise patients to stop taking … Cialis and seek prompt medical attention in the event of sudden decrease or loss of hearing."
Doctors sometimes prescribe finasteride (Proscar) or dutasteride (Avodart) to shrink the prostate. This may help ease your symptoms, but these drugs can have lasting negative sexual side effects. A urologist should assess your situation.
Q: I've had trouble with itchy, red, blotchy skin after I swim in the pool. At the suggestion of a local swim coach, I started applying Aquaphor ointment before I swim. No more rash.
Our pool is disinfected with chlorine and bromine, and I suspect the painful blotches on my arms and thighs are caused by an allergy. Because of a leg injury, the pool is my only option for cardio. I'm in the pool four or five times a week, for 30 minutes to an hour at a time.
I apply the ointment half an hour before I get in the pool and again about five minutes before. I rinse off for a few minutes to accommodate the "shower first" rule, and the ointment stays in place. It's still on when I get out of the pool, and I wash with my regular soap and go. No chlorine smell, no rash.
A: Thank you for telling about this simple solution to a vexing problem. Aquaphor is a skin ointment with a petroleum-jelly base plus mineral oil, lanolin, glycerin and other ingredients.
Q: I was on lisinopril for two years without symptoms. Then I developed a cough that woke me up at night. I coughed so hard I urinated. I couldn't laugh without coughing, and I irritated all who were near me.
After a month of coughing, I went to my primary-care doc. He said I was wheezing and put me on prednisone, albuterol and Z-Pak antibiotic.
None of that helped. When I went back, he gave me the asthma drug Advair ($245).
I went through four bottles of cough medicine and hundreds of cough drops. When the nurse called to tell me my chest X-ray was negative, I asked to try a different blood pressure med. Reluctantly, they switched me to Cozaar. I really hope it is better. I am a nurse in the OR and need my sleep.
A: We are disappointed that your doctor prescribed lisinopril (an ACE inhibitor) without warning you about its most common side effect: a persistent cough. It is even more distressing that he didn't diagnose the problem promptly. Cozaar (losartan) is less likely to cause cough, but it, too, can sometimes provoke this reaction.


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Cook the Book: Sriracha Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are one of those great snacks that can be tweaked to your heart's desire. That mayonnaisey whipped yolk is a blank canvas for anything from smoked salmon to pickled peppers, and black olives. Strongly flavored additions—fishy, salty or spicy—work best in the recipe.
And since we're talking about Sriracha this week with recipes from Randy Clemens' The Sriracha Cookbook we just had to share this one for Sriracha Deviled Eggs.
These spicy deviled eggs begin by mixing up a batch of Clemens' Sriracha Mayo: simply 2/3 mayo, 1/3 Sriracha with lime juice to taste. After that you just whip the yolks with the mayo, Dijon mustard, and salt and pepper, to taste. By adding the red-tinged mayo and yellow Dijon to the yolks, the filling turns a vibrant shade of orange. It looks even better garnished with chopped chives and a few dots of bright red Sriracha.
There was no doubt in my mind that adding Sriracha mayo to deviled eggs would be a great success. These guys didn't disappoint. Spiciness from the the Sriracha was countered by the lightly sour heat of the Dijon, and rounded out by the richness of the egg yolks and mayo. They're addictively pop-able—eggy, spicy, salty and satisfying.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Sriracha Cookbook to give away this week.
Adapted from The Sriracha Cookbook. Copyright © 2010. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:6 to 8
- 12 hard-cooked eggs
- 1/3 cup Sriracha Mayo (recipe follows)
- 3/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Chopped fresh chives, for garnish
- For the Sriracha Mayo:
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice, or more to taste
Split the eggs in half lengthwise. Remove the egg yolks. Using a fork, break up the yolks in a mixing bowl. Stir in the Sriracha Mayo, mustard, salt, and pepper, blending well. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe the yolk mixture back into the egg whites. Top with the chives. Serve or cover and refrigerate immediately.
For the Sriracha Mayo: In a medium bowl, mix together all of the ingredients. Feel free to adjust the amount of lime juice to bring the thickness to your liking. Refrigerate promptly. Store, refrigerated, in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Use as a spread or a dipping sauce for your favorite recipes that call for mayonnaise.
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Feisty fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer's claim to fame began with a simple lemonade stand in 1960. But it was her effortless classic shift "juice stand uniform†that acquired lasting attention and drove her to create her hugely popular fashion line.
Louisville is home to Peppermint Palm, one of 77 Lilly Pulitzer Signature Shops in the country. Located in The Vogue on Lexington Road, the boutique sells sassy prints and dazzling colors that represent Pulitzer's native Palm Beach and make transforming into a sophisticated, beach babe a cinch.
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Thirteen years ago, the Chippendales, the male burlesque group, set up a New York shop in a cavernous clubhouse on the West Side Highway. It was summertime, and girlfriends assembled with cocktails to watch well-oiled men gyrate under strobe lights. But, a few months later, the attacks of September 11, 2001, darkened New Yorkers' mood; people stopped coming to performances, and the show shuttered. So Kevin Denberg, the company's managing partner, rented a tour bus and sent his dancers on a drive across the country, performing at casinos along the way in Ohio, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska. "We just started heading west," Denberg told me. "We had to find work for the guys." Eventually, the pilgrimage found a Mecca in Las Vegas: the home of all-you-can-eat-buffets and Cirque du Soleil warmly welcomed the Chippendales. The company "took off when we went there," Denberg recalled.
Today, the Chippendales have become a permanent fixture on the Strip. The dancers, who are a male hybrid of the Rockettes and Playboy bunnies, disrobe in an auditorium at the Rio Hotel and Casino that glistens like an attraction at Disney World. Their core audience is eighteen-to-thirty-four-year-old women, often wobbly from cosmopolitans and dressed in glitzy tiaras and bridesmaid gowns. There are other elements of the Chippendales empire—a calendar, a travelling show in Europe, guest appearances on "The Amazing Race" and "The Real Housewives" series—but the Vegas act will generate most of the company's projected fifteen million dollars in sales this year, up from ten million dollars in 2008. "There's a lot of excitement around the industry as a whole becoming more mainstream," Denberg told me.
Things are going so well that the Chippendales are plotting a return to Manhattan in 2014, Denberg revealed. He's already scouting empty warehouses for the club's new domain (his job prior to Chippendales was as a real-estate-trust analyst). "The Meatpacking District is probably not the right locale," he mused. "Not Times Square. We are not positioned necessarily as a Broadway show. We'd like to be an after-work destination."
It will be an interesting social experiment to see if the Chippendales can thrive as counterprogramming to Scores, the raunchy strip club for men. When the dancers in bowties fled, in 2001, Manhattan's nightlife had been thriving amid the dot-com boom. Remember all those episodes of "Sex and the City" set at various bars? Now the city is more in line with the characters on "Girls," who struggle to afford their Brooklyn rent and drink inside their apartments.
Armand Peri, a formidable ex-bodybuilder who has cornered the Manhattan male-stripping market with his Hunk-O-Mania shows, scoffs at the plan for another reason. He thinks that Chippendales, which stopped offering lap dances more than a decade ago, is too tame. "Listen, if women want to see a Broadway show, there's Broadway," he told me. "I think women are looking for more interaction."
Chippendales, which opened in 1979, used to be seedier. For one, the organization was overrun by criminal activity. In 1980, one of its founders, Paul Snider, shot himself after he killed his model girlfriend. In 1987, Nick De Noia, a choreographer who had wrangled a large chunk of the business, was assassinated; the brains of the operation, Somen Banerjee, who previously owned a bar featuring female mud wrestling and came up with the male stripping conceit, pled guilty to organizing the hit in 1993 and later hung himself in jail. (The saga played out in a made-for-TV movie called "The Chippendales Murders.") In the nineties, Lou Pearlman, the manager of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, purchased the aging brand with the intention of turning the Chippendales into a boy band, but he eventually lost interest. (He is now serving a twenty-five-year prison sentence for an unrelated three-hundred-million-dollar fraud scheme.) The current owners, several businessmen in New York, are more mild-mannered. It's strange to use the term "family friendly" when describing a show starring bottomless men, but the act feels like a One Direction concert for women beyond their teen-age years. The iconic Chippendales thongs are no longer part of the wardrobe. The dancers jiggle onstage in boxer briefs, designer jeans and hats carefully placed over their groins. They aren't cast for steroid bodies, although they are in great shape—the company orders five thousand tank tops to be shredded onstage annually. The men must be at least six feet tall. And then there's this: "I think good personality is key," said the Chippendales general manager Kristen Makhathini, a former professional dancer on cruise ships.
Today, male striptease is a lucrative industry. "Magic Mike," starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, was a box office hit last summer, with a stage musical and sequel on the way. "Fifty Shades of Grey" has made it acceptable for suburban housewives to explore risqué sexual fantasies. In recent years, the Chippendales have capitalized on the zeitgeist. The Chippendale's gift shop even stocks a new array of massagers and bondage restraints, reminiscent of the "Fifty Shades" ethos; Michael Caprio, the company's press agent and veteran celebrity publicist, suggested that the show add a vampire dance number to appeal to fans of the "Twilight" franchise. But the most important boost to the business came when executives huddled and decided to borrow an old Broadway trick. If a celebrity like Usher sold tickets when he joined the musical "Chicago," why couldn't the same thing work for Chippendales?
Starting in 2011, a roster of C-list talent started to headline as guest Chippendales. The job description was fairly simple: anchor the ninety-minute Vegas show, interact with the audience and introduce the different musical numbers—policemen, firemen, construction workers, and so on. The first celebrity trial balloon was Jeff Timmons, a singer from the once popular band 98 Degrees. He was followed by a contestant from "The Bachelor" (Jake Pavelka), a cast member on "Jersey Shore" (Ronnie Magro), and an actor from the nineties sitcom "Blossom" (Joey Lawrence). Although none of these men are major stars, they generated a lot of press in women's magazines like Us Weekly and on talk shows like "Ellen" and "The View." The brand was suddenly looking fresher; the gossip site TMZ started routinely posting casting "scoops" for Chippendales as if it were "American Idol." (A former "Idol" contestant, Ace Young, was reportedly approached for the emcee job, but he never signed.)
Ian Ziering, the forty-nine-year-old blond former heartthrob from the nineties soap "Beverly Hills 90210," recently completed an honorary six-week run with the troupe. He danced and sang shirtless to sold-out crowds; he said the squealing women reminded him of his former days as a pinup at shopping mall meet-and-greets. "It's flirty, not dirty, so I had nothing to be ashamed of," he told me.
Caprio breaks down the Chippendale's clientele into three groups—bachelorette parties, divorce parties and "cougar parties," which he describes as gatherings of older women who "like to come gawk at the younger men." But the secret to Chippendales' success rests on its newfound appeal to millennials. The business has managed to thrive because of younger women, who pay the fifty- to eighty-three-dollar admission fee to see their old T.V. crushes in the flesh.
On a recent desert night, a stream of women in their twenties giggled their way into the casino. Inside the auditorium, the unruly crowd—a woman in pink feathers lunged at me—screamed and cheered, clinking champagne glasses like it was New Year's Eve. The show relied on a number of produced tricks for heightened applause: fog, blinking lights, a soundtrack of recent pop ditties. During the firemen number, near the end of the show, the Chippendale's flexed their biceps and swung axes and plastic hoses before peeling off their shirts. In the middle of the sequence, the room erupted in a screeching noise that sounded suspiciously like a real fire alarm. The fake firemen scurried off stage, yet the women in the audience only clapped louder. They lights flickered on, and they still wouldn't leave. Finally, a lone Chippendale had to announce this wasn't part of the choreography; someone in the casino had pulled an emergency lever. The show ended prematurely and disappointed audience members slowly trickled out of the room, like they had been kicked off Pinnochio's Pleasure Island. (Some didn't mind. "I thought it was really cool," said Paloma Moreno, a thirty-year-old orthodontist from Arizona, who celebrated her bachelorette party with fifteen friends and a silver tutu and veil.)


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Gentlemen, the way you drive is apparently a giveaway to women on how you'll, er, behave between the sheets. Thus spake Hoda Kotb, co-host of the Today show's 73rd hour, who will never look at cab drivers the same way again.
Are your driving moves all jerky; are you constantly thrusting in and out of traffic? Are you the clumsy type — all thumbs and apologies? Or are you a smooth operator behind the wheel, deftly caressing the road until it yields to your soft but firm touch, then skilfully building to a screaming climax?
Yeah, Hoda. Thanks for adding another layer of performance anxiety to our lives.


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Let's Celebrate
SS: Fox and Friends, Family Phrases
CS: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, WW, DSP Tall Tales (retired)
INK: So Saffron, More Mustard, Barely Banana (retired), Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Corner Rounder, Dimensionals
So For Now…
Happy Stamping!!
Christi Pin It Now!
Lifting you up in prayer
I didn't have a stamp to say just what I wanted so had to hand write my greeting to Marla. Get well Soon Marla!!
SS: Woodgrain Background, Owl Together Now
CS: Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, DSP Good Neighbor,
Accessories: 1 3/4" circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Two Step Owl Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Dimensionals, Sponge
INK: Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi (marker)
So For Now…
Happy Stamping!!
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Same Layout, Different Stamp Set
But I found myself leaning towards the large buffalo stamp more than the eagle for a card for our STAMP A STACK class.
One of the gals at class wasn't quite into the big buffalo so she chose to use the LOVELY AS A TREE stamp set.
I love the way we can change up the look by a simple substitution.
SS: In Wilderness, Lovely As A Tree
CS: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake (don't you just love the names of these two papers? Makes me want to get in the kitchen and bake a chocolate chip crumb cake! tehe)
INK: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Designer Buttons (Neutrals), Top Note Die, Big Shot, Linen Thread, Glue dot, Dimensionals, Sponge, Square Lattice EF, Brads – Brights – Card #1
So For Now…
Happy Stamping!!
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Fast And Fabulous
CS: Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, WW
INK: Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade (marker)
Accessories: Scallop Rectangle Clear Sizzlit, WW Taffeta, Dimensionals
Technique: Two step Stamping
CS: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, WW,
DSP Greenhouse Gala
INK: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip (marker)
Accessories: Daffodil Delight 1/8" ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Bitty Buttons, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Chocolate Chip 5/8 grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals
So For Now…
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Close As A Memory
This week we say good-bye to a friend who has fought a brave battle with cancer, but now is safe in the arms of Jesus – no more pain. This is my least favorite card to make but definitely one of the most important to send.
What a wonderful promise we find in God's word.
Good Bye Barb, you will be missed
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Feeling Sick?
SS: Pick A Petal, Word Play
CS: River Rock, Marina Mist, WW
INK: Black, River Rock, Marina Mist
Accessories: Black 1/8" ribbon, Dimensionals, Pencil eraser (for the pupils of the eyes)
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Same Card with a Twist
But after I cut out all the little hammocks I had all these cute little pieces left over that I just couldn't throw away so I incorporated them into another card like this…
Voila` Surfboards!! I love being able to use my leftovers!!
SS: Warm Words, Tropical Party
CS: WW, Rose Red, DSP Island Oasis
INK: Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive Markers
Accessories: Rose Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Top Note Die, Big Shot, Wide Oval Punch, Scalloped Border Punch, Dimensionals
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Keeping it Simple
Well, I knew that I wanted to use my new Circle Circus Stamp Set that I WON!!! (EARNED) FREE from Glenda – (Thank you Glenda!) for hostessing a workshop. I'm sure you heard me say it before, but I belong to the BEST stamping group ever! GO RED HOT STAMPERS! I must say that I was disappointed in my turn out that night (one lady from church besides three demos), but my daughter was in charge of a mother daughter craft day at the elementary school and because of her order the mystery hostess received a LOT of free product! She was so thankful that she helped my daughter on the craft day by manning one of the craft tables! Thanks Marla!
This is the card that I came up with for Clean and Simple
Since I could not use glitter, shimmer paint or ANYTHING FUN … I used shimmer paper instead. I even kept it simple with one color. I really like the black and white.
Now to "Step It Up" a bit – I rounded the corners, sprayed it with Champagne Mist Shimmmer Paint (hard to see in the photo but it is soooo pretty), Added a tag with Dimensionals and NOW I like it much better. Which one do you like?
We actually used the Stepped up version at this weeks STAMP A STACK
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Because I Care
This is another of the cards we made at the STAMP A STACK class this week. I just love this new Level 1 Hostess set called BECAUSE I CARE. It can be yours for FREE just by booking a workshop and having a minimum sales of $150. Besides the FREE Hostess stamp set you will receive $15 in FREE merchandise of your choice. And this is just the minimum – it all goes up from there and it is so easy to do. You can have your workshop in your home or mine. Why not give me a call and we will set up a date.
Thank you to Paula Tharp for this layout idea.
SS: Because I Care
CS: Concord Crush, DSP Neutrals, WW
INK: Concord Crush, Old Olive
Accessories: Eyelet border punch, Scallop Oval punch, Large oval punch, Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, Two Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds
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Elegant Lines
This is one of the cards that we are making at this weeks STAMP A STACK (formerly called STAMP 10). I used the new colors Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz along with the new embossing folder call Elegant Lines. You can faintly see on this photo the shimmer from the Champagne Shimmer Paint that we spritzed on the card stock, but close up and personal it REALLY shines.
SS: Watercolor Trio (Summer Mini good through August 31st)
CS: Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, WW, DSP Sunny Garden
INK: Poppy Parade
Accessories: Elegant Lines EF, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Basic Pearls, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Large oval punch, Scalloped oval punch, Dimensionals
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Maybe I was dreaming about our trip to Hawaii 8 years ago for our 25th Anniversary – or maybe I was thinking about class this week and this card that the ladies will be making. Either way, I really like the cute Build A Bear with his lei and surf board – Yup – I dreamed it all – right down to the colors I would use. Scary isn't it?!
SS: Tropical Party, Warm Words
CS: WW, Close to Cocoa (retired), Rose Red, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Old Olive, Island Oasis DSP
INK: Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip Marker, Old Olive Marker
Accessories: Build A Bear Die, Beary Essentials Die, Three Flower Punch (retired), Quilters thread, Dimensionals, Scallop Border Punch, Rose Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Scalloped Oval Punch (clouds), Naturally Serif Alphabet Die
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or should I say "Sweet Dreams" (tehe)
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"Choo Choo" I'm Wild About You
My daughter had a chance to go to Chicago this past weekend with her friend to the IKEA store, and it made me think about how I have wanted to take a train ride to Chicago some day so I pulled this card out of the archives. A photo I hadn't posted yet. The Choo Choo Stamp Set is still currant but the Wild About You animals stamp set has retired (sorry). I guess I don't mind cutting pieces out – I guess it is good therapy for me, but there is a LOT of cutting for this card. I also used up some old retired designer paper called Delicate Dots. Thank you to My Sassy Stamper on Splitcoast Stampers for this fun idea.
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"Let the little children come to Me"
I couldn't wait to get them on the wall and I really like the font and size that Rachel chose for me. THANK YOU RACHEL! This is another wonderful reason to be a Red Hot Stamper… I have made so many new, dear friends, and we have sooo much fun together.
Rachel has a REALLY funny story to tell about how her dog, Teddy, was sprayed by a skunk and all that went into de-pewing their home, the dog and themselves. We laughed so hard when she told us all about it. Rachel is a GOOD story teller! I wanted to send Rachel a thank you note for cutting out the letters for me, and I thought, at this time, this was the most appropriate card to send her.
SS: Pun Fun
CS: WW,Rose Red and Wild Wasabi and matching Designer Series Paper (DSP), Watercolor paper
INK: StazON Jet Black, Rose Red Marker
Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Aquapainter
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Wedding Cake #2
Very simple yet elegant and reflects the style of the wedding.
Not sure why they didn't want this cute little bride and groom on the top of their cake, but perhaps it would have taken away from the gorgeous live orchids that were on the cake.
Congratulations Lilian and Dan!!
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Totally Tools
Sometimes in life we just need to be reminded to laugh, and when I saw this punch art laughing girl I laughed out loud. I'm sure it won't be long before I will want to send this cute card out to someone who either makes me laugh or someone who needs a good laugh in her day.
I hope she makes you laugh too.
SS: none – words were computer generated
CS: Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom (retired), Close to Cocoa (retired), Chocolate Chip (mouth), Basic Black, Retired Designer Paper – Cutie Pie
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Movers and Shapers Magnetic Die with the Punched Windows, Scalloped Oval Punch, Ornament Punch, 1" Circle Punch (mouth), Word Window Punch, Build A Bear clothes die, dimensionals
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Have a Good Laugh!! and Happy Stamping!!
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Shiner Bear!
SS: Just Baseball (retired), Picture This (Hostess level 1)
CS: WW, Close to Cocoa (retired), Creamy Caramel (retired), Pawsitively Prints DSP, Real Red, Bashful Blue (behind the eyes)
INK: Bashful Blue (sky), Certainly Celery w/ a little Pear Pizzazz (new In-Color) for the grass, Basic Black for the "shiner", Chocolate Chip (Bat), WW Craft
Accessories: Scalloped Oval Punch, Build a Bear Dies, Sponges, Dimensionals
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Red Hot Challenge
At our last months Red Hot Stamper Meeting we were challenged to make something with the new Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I chose to use the new In Color Daffodil Delight. I just love the color yellow and this is a perfect shade. This is the card I chose to make incorporating the Two Tags Die as well as other new In Colors, Pear Pizzazz and Concord Crush.
You may have seen this on a previous blog since I showed it along with my open house pictures, but now you can see it up close.
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Live Love Laugh
I was so happy when Stampin' Up! decided to bring back Riding Hood Red and put it in our core colors. Of course, they didn't bring back the Kiwi Kiss shown here, but I couldn't resist using some of my retired Designer paper with the Riding Hood Red in it. Thanks goes to Twila Mooneyham for this cute card idea.
So since I'm on a Retired "kick" here is a great guy card using one of my all time favorite stamp sets "Classic Pickups."Thankfully Stampin' Up! didn't retire the Basic Black, Whisper White and Basic Gray.
Thanks goes to Michelle Stamps for this card layout.
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This litte guy is on the move
Charlie turned 9 months old last week – WOW! – where has the time gone? He has been such a fun baby, and now this little guy is on the move – he can get ANYWHERE he wants and in a full out crawl. His favorite things…toys…NOPE – he likes paper, boxes, bags, cords…I have to get right down to his level and look to see what he is seeing so I know what needs to be put up just a bit higher. Watch out world – here he comes!! Now won't this be interesting in a couple months when I get another new born to take care of!!
OK – several have asked when I will do another Charlie inspired card so here is one from a photo I took a while back. Charlie's daddy is a Michigan State fan and I made several football themed Build a Bear cards like this one, but my Michigan State football player sold at the first craft sale so here is the cheerleader counterpart to the State Football player.
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|"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The topic of this article is of a real-life subject that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Wiki is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really exists), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts.
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, jointly ruling with her husband King William III from 1689 until her death, after which William ruled on his own.[1]
When the British Ministry of Magic was begging for recognition and protection under Muggle law, Queen Mary and King William failed to send a delegation to them, which contributed to the introduction of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in 1692.[2]
The name "Mary" is the usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam). The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".
- J. K. Rowling's official site (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ "Mary II of England" on Wikipedia
- ↑ First question of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. at J. K. Rowling's official site.


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History Of German Shepherd Dogs -- Vol-I
Well now, I was thinking of what should I write on this time. How if I write something about the history of the German Shepherd Dogs? This is a very long story indeed. So I've planed to present it in a series of a few distinctive volumes. Just read on. And I'm sure if you are a real GSD fancier, this will be a topic of your real interest.
Germany is the birth place of the breed. The very name gives a very clear cut indication of the fact. The look and the glamour of the German Shepherds Dogs that we find today took almost a century to develop. It was not until the late 19th century that emergence of the breed was noticed. And it's beyond all doubt that it was due to the far sighted vision of the Prusian cavalry captain Rittmeister Max Emil Frederich von Stephanitz (commonly known by Captain Stephanitz or Captain Max von Stephanitz) that we dogs lovers got such a great gift.
Shepherd dogs were truly wonderful natural working dogs that were used by the shepherds of 18th and 19th century to herd their sheep. Not being descended from a specific origin, those shepherd dogs could not be given the honor of a specific breed with a specific standard. Although they were really varied in appearance and gait but most of them had the true basic instinct to work. Captain's attention was attracted by two such types of dogs – one that used to work in the highland of Thuringia and the other is from Wurttemburg.
Shepherds Of Thuringia: Shepherd dogs from Thuringia had erect ears, curled tail and were wolf-grey in color. They were stocky and of small stature. There were two main varieties of the Thuringian Sheep Dog: i) short-haired and ii) shaggy-haired.
Shepherds Of Wurttemburg: The Wurttemburg dogs were larger in size with heavy bones and bushy tail. They were comparatively swifter than the shepherds of Thuringia and had good gait but bad ear carriage. They were stocky and of small stature. Alike the Thuringian Sheep Dogs they were of two varieties too: i) short-haired and ii) shaggy-haired.
These two types of dogs were the base of the dfevelopment of the breed. Stay tuned ... coming up more to learn.


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Another climatically Manic Monday, I schlept up Parc Ave through frozen teardrops and fiscal flying winds to sit down with Y!D.N.A. designer, and 2010 Telio winner Andy Hoan Nguyen, to chat about all things; fashion, life, Ottawa Fashion Week and all that controversy. The outside world was clouded, slapping everyone in the face, but … Continue reading
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Police Training Institute - EFL jobs Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Police Training Institute - EFL jobs Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Qatar View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 394Location: South Korea Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: Police Training Institute - EFL jobs Has anyone applied at and been interviewed by Police Training Institute (or the Ministry of the Interior) in Duhail? They are hiring English teachers because they are expanding to teach English to many Ministry of Interior employees. Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: A lot of Gulagers applied to this place and got no reply either in writing or by phone. The salaries are about the same as the Gulag. Nobody seems to know anything about this place or anyone who works there. Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:21 pm Post subject: At least two more Gulagers recently responded to an ad in the newspaper but they were never contacted. Nobody bothered to reply to their application. They mainly teach policemen from what I've heard but there seem to be no native speakers, not surprisingly, if they don't even answer application letters. People wonder why they bother to put ads in the local rags when they don't answer. Back to top GulezarJoined: 19 Jun 2007Posts: 483 Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: They came to the TESOL Arabia job fair at the last minute and set up an interview spot in the Piano Lounge. Back to top mesquiteJoined: 04 Jan 2009Posts: 80 Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: I saw them there too but knowing their reputation for not replying thanks to posters, I didn't bother. I heard the salary range was about 11,500 so not that great either. It's a very small operation apparently, near the North Road. Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: Evidently nobody was made a job offer. Some teachers had an interview in Dubai but never heard a word and nobody answers the phone. Very strange place.Last edited by wilberforce on Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:35 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: This place is supposed to expand. They are supposed to build a new training institute in a year or two, so maybe there will be jobs. However, nobody knows how to apply. The odd time they put an ad in the paper to which nobody ever gets a reply. Maybe they will recruit when they've finished building???Last edited by wilberforce on Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:36 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top MarquessJoined: 05 Feb 2009Posts: 165 Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:44 am Post subject: I know of 3 people who went for interviews there and had to teach a class which was observed by 5 Qatari women teachers. Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:38 am Post subject: Heard they've hired an American or British teacher to join so maybe they will start hiring more. The Min is going to build a new school so there maybe jobs in future. Just keep checking the newspapers for ads. Thiis is one of their ads but it's expired, unfortunately. http://www.bayt.com/en/job/?xid=980606 Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject: Does anyone know if this place is hiring or how to apply? The Gulager who knew has left. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=304541&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 Language course toppers felicitated The languages section at the Police Training Institute organised a ceremony to fete top achievers in courses held during the training season of the years 2008 and 2009. The top graduates were in the ranks of 8th, 9th and 10th in English language courses. Others who participated in the course were officers, petty officers and non-military staff working in the Ministry of Interior. In attendance at the function were head of techincal office of Minister of State for Interior Affairs HESheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, Col Bader al-Ghanem, Police Training Institute sciences section head Col Ibraheem Ali Samrah, administration and finance section head Col Ali al-Mansouri, PTI public relations officer Lt Col Abdul Azeez al-Kharaan and languages section head Khulood al-Azai. Back to top lollaerdJoined: 03 Jul 2009Posts: 337 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject: These guys were recruiting at TESOLArabia. The director can be difficult so you have to watch yourself with her. Yet another catty type you have to watch out for. The salary isn't that great and there is ethnic discrimination: Arab teachers are at the bottom of the totem pole. They get 8,000 while she offers westerners 12,000+. She wants to bargain with salary offers which is just not the way to do it. People should the get the same pay for the same job. It's not shopping at the souk! Back to top lollaerdJoined: 03 Jul 2009Posts: 337 Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:57 pm Post subject: They say this is NOT a good place to work. The director is very moody and inconsistent; she's not very efficient or organized. Gulag applicants have reported that either she doesn't bother to reply to applicants, or after they have applied and been interviewed, doesn't bother to tell them her decision. Several people have quit recently. They say she is rude to her staff. The issue over salary discrepancies is also unfair and discreditable. People should be paid according to their qualifications not their origin. Housing issues as well have been reported. Some people have been waiting months to get housed. Evidently another place to avoid. Not worth applying to. If the head of department can't be bothered to answer emails or give interviewed people an answer, then somebody from the Ministry should look into her mismanagement and replace her with someone who is more qualified. This is an old pattern. They have put many advertisements in the paper but they never hire anybody who has been interviewed. Why even interview? Don't even bother if this person won't answer you or after an interview won't tell you her decision. Back to top lollaerdJoined: 03 Jul 2009Posts: 337 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:33 pm Post subject: Still a lot of management problems. Inexperienced person put in charge. Back to top lollaerdJoined: 03 Jul 2009Posts: 337 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: Problems persist with inexperienced management. Back to top wilberforceJoined: 27 Dec 2008Posts: 647 Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject: Too right. One of the gulag guys got a real run around from this place. They have a very controlling type as assistant manager. Not too bright but very bossy and definitely into bullying. 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I have to say, while I enjoyed watching Woody from Toy Story wreaking havoc in Liberty City, I didn't really think I'd like watching Mater from Cars do the same. Come to think of it, I think I figured my relative enjoyment would be about on par with the difference between my enjoyment of Toy Story and Cars.
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Guy-who-won't-win Rick Santorum has a new weapon in his arsenal against Space Admiral Newt Gingrich: a radio attack ad damning Newt's moon base as financially irresponsible. The moon base is this election's pivotal issue—is the dream dead?
In addition to regular insanity, the ad blasts Newt's space vision as "fiscal insanity," citing a $500 billion price tag and a lot of self-evidently crazy talk about lunar statehood. Santorum, on the other hand, "opposed all of the bailouts"—and we all know a Space State would need a lot of bailing out, once the Rock Digging Robots tried to unionize and Dust Lung caused clamoring for moon-wide health care.
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text: foo_talktome 2010-06-15 19:58:06 Hello! I've just finished coding a working version of my first plugin, foo_talktome. I wanted a plugin to read the title and artist of each track that played, because I often listen to music on my wireless headphones. When I listen to my whole library or a group of new albums on random, this helps me remember who/what I liked. Hopefully others will enjoy this too!Before writing this I checked if it existed already, and I found foo_tts, written by paulski. It seemed development on that had stopped, however, and there were even requests for a new version, so I went ahead with my little project. Hopefully I'm not stepping on any other devs' toes with this! Download foo_talktome.dll v1.0 here(or here)(These links should be up-to-date)Just put the dll in the Components directory and it should add a menu option (under Playback) to turn it off/on.[!--sizeo:3--][span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:100%\"][!--/sizeo--]Please use the issue tracker on the BitBucket Repo to report bugs/feature requests.[/size]--------------------------------------------------Update! Version 1.0 released May 7, 20122013 (That's a long time between updates.)Thanks to danthe0 some major unicode-related bugs have been addressed. Now you should be able to get this working with Asian characters/voices. I am also now building with the latest SDK version, so you will need Foobar2000 v1.1 to use this component (sorry! if you need/want an older version please let me know - I may have it). Thanks to everyone who uses this component, and especially those of you who contribute feedback, bug reports, and even code! To celebrate these major changes/improvements, I am bumping the version number to 1.0.Along with this new version, I am officially announcing the code as open source. The source has been up for a while, but I just realized I never made that announcement here.Finally, my use of this plugin has diminished, hence the slowdown in development. I know there is another TTS plugin out now, and it seems to have some really cool features. However, I am happy to keep working on this if there is still interest in foo_talktome. I am also interested in helping/working with other developers to create TTS or other interesting Foobar components - just PM me if you'd like to work together on something.--------------------------------------------------Update! September 7, 2011Hey everyone. I'm glad people are still getting use out of this plugin! I halted development for a while because things seemed to be working pretty well, but I know there are some serious bugs out there still. In order to keep up with everything, I'd like to move development and issue tracking over to my Bitbucket repository:https://bitbucket.org/aganders3/foo_talktomeThere is a public wiki and issue tracker there, and you don't need an account to post on the issue tracker (though it's better if you make one). I've added a few issues/feature requests from this thread to the system there, but I'm sure I missed quite a few. If you have an issue or feature request, please add it on the Bitbucket issue tracker.This is also my first step toward releasing the source code for this plugin, just so the project can live on even if I become too busy to maintain it. I'm not quite ready to do that, though, as I'm still a bit shy about my coding abilities.--------------------------------------------------June 22, 2010 - OK, it took some playing around, but the new version seems to be working!Download foo_talktome v0.4(Hopefully) Fixed in this version:* No more dll dependencies, everything should be statically linked (Still figuring out dependency walker, but I hope it's working)* Remembers the state on shutdownThanks again to everyone who has downloaded or shown interest in my plugin! This has been a great learning experience for me so far.--------------------------------------------------June 28, 2010 - A new version is released!Download foo_talktome v0.5New features:* A preferences pane!* You decide the speech formatting (uses built-in Foobar2000 title formatting strings)* An option to pause playback while speakingI also tried to fix the 0 volume bug that was brought up. I was never able to reproduce it, though, so I'm not sure the changes worked. I've taken note of the other suggestions in this thread (volume fading when speaking, announcing at the end of the song...), and I will try to work on them over time, but implementation of some of them is not quite straightforward to me.As far as other voices go, you can set the voice in the Windows speech control panel. You can install other voices, but they tend to not be free and/or easy to find. The voice engines from Neospeech have been recommended in this thread (thanks Andreasvb).--------------------------------------------------July 01, 2010 - Another new version is released!Download foo_talktome.dll v0.5.1(I don't know anything about version numbering andI felt I was approaching 1.0 much too quickly so I moved to a double-point system. Why not?)Fixes/features:* Improved volume scaling - this was indeed a linear/logarithmic scale thing (thanks kode54). Sadly the only reason I didn't do it properly the first time around is because I didn't have a pen or pencil handy. I'm pretty happy with the way it is now, but I may add another option to lower/boost the volume of the voice relative to the music if there is a lot of demand.* Much bigger box for the speech formatting string. Thank carpman for requesting this - I never would have thought of it otherwise. Should accept 2048 characters or so now, hopefully that's big enough.Enjoy!--------------------------------------------------July 19, 2010Download foo_talktome.dll v0.6Features:* Now includes a volume-offset field in the preferences pane. You can use a negative or a positive offset, input in dB.Hopefully this is helpful for some people.NOTE: For those of you that keep Foobar set at 0.0dB attenuation (max volume) this will only help you make the TTS voice quieter. At this point I can only control the volume of the synthesized voice. If you want the voice louder relative to the music, try boosting your system volume, lowering your Foobar volume, and adding a positive volume offset in the TalkToMe preferences. Last Edit: 2013-05-08 15:28:50 by aganders3